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The famious evangelist Bill Sunday was looking for people to tell about Jesus.
-Since he was going to be in this city he wrote a letter to the mayor in which he asked for the name of individuals he knew who had a spiritual problem and needed help and prayer.
-How surprised
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Contributed by Mark Connelly on Jul 31, 2003
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I’ll tell you what I’ve seen some pretty lousy gospel presentations that people respond to. I’ve done it myself. There have been times when I’ve presented the gospel so poorly that I was boring myself, but the person responded in faith. There have been other times when I’ve answered every
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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An interview with Tia and Tamara Mowry, the stars of WB’s Sister, Sister yielded a very mature comment from these then 19 years old. One of them said (they’re exact twins); “A lot of girls expect this prince to come into their life on a white horse and make everything wonderful. What the Lord told
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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Steve Auterburn reports how a Wycliffe Bible translator in a remote village in Papua New Guinea reported the power of God’s word. He wrote, “When the opening chapters of Genesis were first translated into the native language, the attitude toward women in the tribe changed overnight. They had not
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 22, 2006
Even scientists are stumped by there own response to what is infallible proof¡
Science says if there is any such thing as infallible proof, it is the repetition of the same experiment.
Jesus rose from the dead, and Mary Magdalene encountered him¡ experiment one. The women encountered him¡
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 18, 2006
“My Best”
There is an urge within my breast,
To give the Lord my very best,
In thought, in action, word and deed,
This has become my whole life’s creed.
I want to fit into His plan
Be of help to my fellow-man.
Plan the things that I should do
Before my work on earth is through.
It may be out in
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Christian Church
Contributed by Michael Luke on Mar 26, 2007
Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of Charles Darnay, a young Frenchman
condemned to die in the guillotine. But when Sidney Carton, his friend, heard about Darnay’s
sentence, he was determined to find a way to save him.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 21, 2005
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CONCLUSION.. Ambition of Satan (http://elbourne.org/sermons/index.mv?illustration+4879)
Martin Luther had a dream in which he stood on the day of judgment before God Himself -- and Satan was there to accuse him. When Satan opened his books full of accusations, he pointed to transgression after
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On a snowy winter’s day in 1941, SS Gruppenführer Hans Wolf received orders that he was to search the house of his own pastor Martin Kirchschläger.
Kirchschläger was a Lutheran pastor closely connected to the Confessing Church.
Wolf came to Kirchschläger to tell him that he would be
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Anglican
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 8, 2005
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Lorraine Pintus says that she realized that her spiritual life was in the doldrums because she was not making Jesus a part of her daily life. She wrote: "When I started taking Him with me wherever I went, then I started relating to Him and enjoying Him in a deeper way. I would ask God: `Would you
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Christian Church
Contributed by Mark Engler on Oct 12, 2005
If you tell your child to go to your room and clean it, and you say I want you to pick up all the clothes, make your bed, through away the trash, and vacuum the floor. What have you done? You’ve told your child that involved in cleaning the room is going, picking up clothes, making the bed,
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Contributed by Kim Huffman on Mar 31, 2004
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Faith is like a trapeze. We walk by faith, not sight (2 Cor. 5:7). We learn three things: 1) It takes a leap of faith to let go of one bar and reach for the other one. 2) It can be scary letting go to your security and trusting. 3) You don’t have forever to decide to let go and grab the other bar.
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Contributed by Charles Salmon on Apr 12, 2004
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It’s been many years since I played golf, but I remember an incident that occurred when I was playing with some other preachers. I hit a tee shot and lost track of the ball. I was pretty sure it went into the rough and went there looking for it. As I searched, another golfer yelled from the
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When Christ came, the Holy Father teaches, he came to gather together the scattered people of God and clearly manifested his intention to gather together the community of the covenant. He wanted to bring to fulfillment the promises made by God to Abraham and his descendants. When he called the
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Catholic
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 1, 2009
“Is it possible for God to cleanse me from all sin and enable me (for any extended period of time) to live above known, willful, and conscious sin?” A young lady asked, who had been raised in a holiness church. Dr Hermiz asked two questions. Is the atonement of Jesus inadequate to enable us to
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Davon Huss on May 5, 2009
THE PEACEFUL ONE
In 1520 Ferdinand Magellan battled for an entire year to find a passage around South America. There, at the very tip of the continent, in its icy waters he encountered some of the worst weather anywhere on earth. Raging seas, towering icebergs and a mutinous crew plagued his
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 1, 2009
SIMPLE LOVE
The great theologian of the last century, Karl Barth, wrote a 10 volume theological work titled "Ethics." When traveling and lecturing throughout the United States at all the important universities and theological schools, it is reported that one young man asked him, "Dr. Barth, you
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